Worms Special Edition for Mac is now available for pre-order from the Macgamestore.com online store. The turn-based game allows players to return to the warlike fun of the Worms series with the crazy weapons and crafty tactics fans have come to expect.

The turn-based comic mayhem is back in Worms Special Edition for Mac. In a game of Worms, each player takes turns to pick off their opponents’ worms using a host of crazy weapons and crafty tactics. Worms die if they lose all of their health, or if they drown in the water. The last player standing when the dust settles is declared the winner! Worms Special Edition features up to four player offline multi-player destruction, a raft of crazy new and classic Worms weapons, all new high-definition landscape themes, new landscape editor, new play modes, hats, forts, skins and speech banks. To top it all off, there is also a highly-involving Worms single-player experience with tutorials, deathmatches, races, fort games and puzzles. The game is also packed with customization options, so you can play the game how you want!

EXTENSIVE SINGLE-PLAYER CONTENT:- Campaign mode. Play through 35 single-player missions as well as 30 more in the Warzone Campaign that is tuned for advanced players.- Bodycount mode! How will you survive with having just one worm pitched against never ending spawning enemy worms that get increasingly tougher?- Training Mode. Comprehensive tactics tutorage that includes 3 tutorials and 3 different firing ranges.

NEW FULLY FEATURED LANDSCAPE CREATION TOOL:- Fully featured landscape editor, including the welcome return of bridges, and the ability to import your own custom levels into game.- Vertical landscapes – to take the battle to new heights!

GAME MODES:- Select from a range of classic Worms™ game modes and new modes for this edition - Crate/Shopper modes, BnG (Bazooka and Grenade), Forts and Rope Racing.- Use the customisation tools to make your own mode!

HIGH DEFINITION VISUALS:- 13 HD graphical themes for millions of random levels - never play the same game twice!- Worms has never looked this good with all new High Definition landscape artwork - based on the most loved Worms™ game ever made.- Widescreen support, optional blur effect for backgrounds, 16 specially designed forts for the fantastic Fort mode.

Blizzard Entertainment has posted a new trailer showcasing the upcoming "Rage of the Firelands" 4.2 patch for its popular MMO, World of Warcraft. The four minute trailer reveals a glimpse of the storyline players will get the chance to experience once the patch is released.

Across the breadth of Azeroth, the Horde and the Alliance have dealt crushing blows to Deathwing's elemental minions and fanatic Twilight's Hammer cultists. Through it all, the Earthen Ring has never wavered from its tireless charge, holding Azeroth itself together amid the tidal fury and errant magical energies that churn at the Maelstrom. Yet as the elements continue their chaotic upheaval, it seems that the noble shamanic order might finally be on the verge of breaking beneath the great weight that rests on its shoulders. Even Thrall, for all of his wisdom and skill, has grown aggravated by his failure to effectively communicate with Azeroth's elements. Recently, his calls were acknowledged, but the malevolent entity that responded has only intensified Thrall's fears and doubts....

EA has announced the upcoming release of the Town Life Stuff Pack for the company's popular sims title,The Sims 3. The new pack will include library sets, gym equipment, new playgrounds, new outfits, and new community lots.

Update your neighborhood and your Sim’s style with items and venues for their house and town. The Sims Studio proudly announces The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff pack, designed for you to update your neighborhood and spend the day around town, will be available on July 26, 2011.

Does your Sim love books? Build them a library where they can mix and mingle with their neighbors (but remember to keep it down!) or add one of the new retro library sets to their home. If your Sim prefers to pump iron then build them a high-tech gym with treadmills, weight machines and more. For those Sims who are family oriented, create new playgrounds filled with a sandbox, slide , tree house and other fun items.

Additionally, with The Sims 3 Town Life Stuff pack you’ll also get washer and dryers for your home, new casual outfits and hairstyles to enhance your Sim’s look, as well as community lots like the Fresh and Frozen Express Grocer, Par Excellence Preparatory School and Scrumptious Nibbles Café.

IndieRPGs.com has posted a new interview with veteran indie RPG developer and Spiderweb Software founder, Jeff Vogel. In the interview the developer discussed a variety of topics including the success of Avadon: The Black Fortress, the strength of the turn-based genre, and specifics about the upcoming Avernum remake.

What changes are you planning to make to Avernum 1 in the remake? Will there be substantial changes to the dialog, quests and/or in-game systems, or is it mostly going to be a graphics and interface overhaul?

Everything. We are spending months and doing major changes. To the world, to the storyline, to the game system, to the interface. It will be a major revamp. We aren’t half-assing it, and we hope to provide screenshots and details soon.

However, I want to make one thing very clear. It will still be Avernum. It will have the same story and characters and towns. There is still an outdoors that is huge but separate from the cities. I want to make sure that the things people love about the series are still there.